Migrate CEP to UXP

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Hello Everyone!,
I am encountering an issue that I hope someone may have insights on. I developed a CEP extension that utilizes the “pdf-parse” library to read and extract PDF contents, and it was functioning as expected. However, the script is no longer performing correctly after migrating the same CEP extension to a UXP plugin.
For reference:

  • CEP Extension: Node version 16.16.0, pdf-parse version @1.1.1
  • UXP Plugin: Node version 20.10.0, pdf-parse version @1.1.1

Any guidance on resolving this issue would be greatly appreciated.

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UXP does not have all the features of Node.js, and in particular has strong limits on file access. If there is code in pdf-parse that takes advantage of it, it will not work.

If the library claims to be a pure JavaScript PDF parser, it is more likely to work. However, UXP is not a perfect browser, so we cannot guarantee that it will work.

I have not tried using it, but Adobe exposes cloud-based services like the PDF Services API, which may be available.

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